Those with stripped clios

[Chris205]

Wasnt sure which section to stick this in so here goes

At the minute I'm busy putting the clio on a diet, I'm not going silly I.e chopping parts of the panels out as one day it will be returned to a road car when I get bored.

I'm wondering what people have removed to get them as light as possible.

At the minute I've got rid of

Rear seats and rear trim,
Headlining
Sound proofing (the little the cup has)
Acoustic valve
Now running de-cat
Lighter wheels (Superleggera's)
Carbon bonnet
Fog lights removed
Driver airbag

So far I've lost 60kg's and the car is currently weighing at 980kg's

Just wondering where to remove things next, thinking passenger airbag and rear wiper to maybe lose another 10kg

 

[Sir_Dave]

Take a dump before you drive it, probably about as worthwhile as removing the rear wiper tbh.

 

[tom172cup]

Carpets,sound proofing

 

[daveski]

Centre console
Carpets and every piece of trim you can remove.

I also went as far as removing the wiring for the interior light, steering wheel controls and everything that was not being used.

 

[Cup172LEE]

Full dash out and remount the clocks etc, remove carpets poly carb windows

 

[marinemackay2003]

lighter battery

the little solid metal lump in front of engine mount

lighter exhaust system

lightweight seats if not already fitted

carbon door pannels

 

[Don]

Depending on how dedicated...the CC...as that weighs about 12Kgs if I remember correctly.

 

[Nick r26r]

fibreglass doors and boot the doors must weigh 50kg + each !! thats what i will be doing to mine when i get it ,

 

[BIGASH]

the little solid metal lump in front of engine mount

Not fitted to the cups from what I've been told!

 

[M4D M4X]

Sorry to bring this up from the dead, ^^ what is that solid metal lump all about? I thought it was something to do with balancing but could be wrong.

 

[Russ_16v]

A balancer, helps stop vibration, mine will be going in the bin shortly lol

 

[M4D M4X]

Oh awesome prob the easiest 5kg to take out good man Russ , take it the car would be like a rattle box if it was to have uprated engine and gearbox mounts also.

Anyone done both and is it bearable?

 

[Russ_16v]

Lol im about to find out mate!

 

[M4D M4X]

Post back your findings Russ, will defo be interesting to see what it's like.

 

[Russ_16v]

Will do mate, keep an eye on my project thread

 

[WILLYx]

Ive got rid of the headlining, grab handles, carpets, deadening, rear bench, b pillars, all rear plastics, boot trim, lower boot trim, de wipered. Monaco pro's (Must weigh less than standard?) Handbrake covers gone... De cat...


Its empty, loud and light!

 

[M4D M4X]

Will take a look Russ and subscribe, if your going down the lightweight route have a look at mine for ideas what to remove, i could be wrong but dont think no one has gone to the extent i have on here yet.

 

[gadso]

Air con compressor that weighs a S**t load

 

[M4D M4X]

Air con compressor that weighs a S**t load

The op shouldn't have one being a cup i thought?

 

[Chris205]

old thread lol, it was a silver cup with air con, quite a rare thing apparently.

 

[Chris205]

Also just to update, the car was 950kg when I removed a couple more things like standard front seats in replace of 1 bucket, no passenger airbag etc. Still had carpets, front doorcards and dash in the car

 

[WILLYx]

Pics of end result?

 

[Struggler]

carpets weigh a lot! when you add all the sound deadening in!!

and defs bin all the airbags,

remove all the seatbelts,
fire wall sound protection,
roof protection,

power steering pump/pipes/rack/column

arch liners

ducting for the blowers

 

[Pallets]

Pics of end result?

He's removed it all. How can you take a photo of what's not there? :rasp: